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Overview

Michael E. Weale is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on medicine, with significant contributions to biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work spans multiple subfields including genetics, molecular biology, neurology, surgery, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their research topics commonly cover genetic associations and epidemiology, lipoproteins and cardiovascular health, health promotion and cardiovascular prevention, cardiovascular health and risk factors, health systems, economic evaluations, quality of life, neurological disorders and treatments, and genetic neurodegenerative diseases.

Frequent co-authors of Michael E. Weale include:

  • Fernando Riveros-Mckay
  • Vincent Plagnol
  • Peter Donnelly
  • Saskia Selzam
  • Rachel Moore

Publications appear regularly in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Circulation, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), UNC Libraries, and Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine.

Recent papers by Michael E. Weale include:

  • Validation of an Integrated Risk Tool, Including Polygenic Risk Score, for Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Multiple Ethnicities and Ancestries, 2021, The American Journal of Cardiology
  • UK Biobank release and systematic evaluation of optimised polygenic risk scores for 53 diseases and quantitative traits, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Integrated Polygenic Tool Substantially Enhances Coronary Artery Disease Prediction, 2021, Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine
  • A systematic evaluation of the performance and properties of the UK Biobank Polygenic Risk Score (PRS) Release, 2024, PLoS ONE
  • Dystonia genes functionally converge in specific neurons and share neurobiology with psychiatric disorders, 2020, Brain

Best Publications

  • A Whole-Genome Association Study of Major Determinants for Host Control of HIV-1

    Jacques Fellay;Kevin V. Shianna;Dongliang Ge;Sara Colombo

  • Identification of 15 new psoriasis susceptibility loci highlights the role of innate immunity

    Lam C. Tsoi;Sarah L. Spain;Sarah L. Spain;Jo Knight;Eva Ellinghaus;Eva Ellinghaus

  • A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies New Psoriasis Susceptibility Loci and an Interaction Between HLA-C and ERAP1

    Amy Strange;Francesca Capon;Chris C A Spencer

  • Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures.

    Derrek P. Hibar;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein;Miguel E. Renteria;Alejandro Arias-Vasquez

  • Natural selection on EPAS1 (HIF2α) associated with low hemoglobin concentration in Tibetan highlanders

    Cynthia M. Beall;Gianpiero L. Cavalleri;Libin Deng;Robert C. Elston

  • Association of multidrug resistance in epilepsy with a polymorphism in the drug-transporter gene ABCB1.

    Asra Siddiqui;Reinhold Kerb;Michael E. Weale;Ulrich Brinkmann

  • The ENIGMA Consortium: large-scale collaborative analyses of neuroimaging and genetic data

    Paul M. Thompson;Jason L. Stein;Sarah E. Medland;Derrek P. Hibar

  • The transcriptional landscape of age in human peripheral blood

    Marjolein J. Peters;Roby Joehanes;Luke C. Pilling;Claudia Schurmann;Claudia Schurmann

  • Identification of common variants associated with human hippocampal and intracranial volumes

    Jason L Stein;Sarah E Medland;Sarah E Medland;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Derrek P Hibar

  • Genetic variability in the regulation of gene expression in ten regions of the human brain

    Adaikalavan Ramasamy;Adaikalavan Ramasamy;Daniah Trabzuni;Sebastian Guelfi;Vibin Varghese

  • Population genetic structure of variable drug response

    James F. Wilson;James F. Wilson;Michael E. Weale;Alice C. Smith;Fiona Gratrix

  • A genome-wide investigation of SNPs and CNVs in schizophrenia

    Anna C. Need;Dongliang Ge;Michael E. Weale;Jessica Maia

  • Rare coding variants in the phospholipase D3 gene confer risk for Alzheimer’s disease

    C Cruchaga;CM Karch;SC Jin;BA Benitez

  • Long-Range LD Can Confound Genome Scans in Admixed Populations

    Alkes L. Price;Alkes L. Price;Michael E. Weale;Nick Patterson;Simon R. Myers;Simon R. Myers

  • Genome-wide association study of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    S. E. Stewart;D. Yu;J. M. Scharf;B. M. Neale

  • Novel genetic loci associated with hippocampal volume

    Derrek Hibar;Hieab H.H. Adams;Neda Jahanshad;Ganesh Chauhan

  • Inferences from DNA data: population histories, evolutionary processes and forensic match probabilities

    Ian J. Wilson;Michael E. Weale;David J. Balding

  • Widespread sex differences in gene expression and splicing in the adult human brain.

    Daniah Trabzuni;Adaikalavan Ramasamy;Sabaena Imran;Robert Walker

  • A genome-wide asociation study identifies new psoriasis susceptibility loci and an interaction betwEn HLA-C and ERAP1

    A. Strange;F. Capon;C. C. A. Spencer;J. Knight

  • Identification of 15 new psoriasis susceptibility loci highlights the role of innate immunity

    L. C. Tsoi;S. L. Spain;J. Knight;E. Ellinghaus

Frequent Co-Authors

Mina Ryten
Mina Ryten University College London
Adaikalavan Ramasamy
Adaikalavan Ramasamy A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research
John Hardy
John Hardy University College London
David Goldstein
David Goldstein University of New South Wales
Colin Smith
Colin Smith University of Edinburgh
Mark G. Thomas
Mark G. Thomas University College London
Dena G. Hernandez
Dena G. Hernandez National Institutes of Health
Gianpiero L. Cavalleri
Gianpiero L. Cavalleri Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Nicholas W. Wood
Nicholas W. Wood University College London
Norman Delanty
Norman Delanty Beaumont Hospital

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